PDO vs Drupal

PDO

PDO is an acronym for PHP Data Objects. PDO is a lean, consistent way to access databases. This means developers can write portable code much easier. PDO is a more like a data access layer which uses a unified API (Application Programming Interface).

How to enable PDO

To enable PDO, configure --enable-pdo and --with-pdo-sqlite --with-pdo-mysql or whatever database needs supporting by PDO (see the PHP manual for more information).

Windows users

• For Apache, you will need to make sure php_pdo.dll and php_pdo_mysql.dll exist in the php/ext directory, un-comment or add the appropriate lines in php.ini, and restart the web server.

• For IIS, PDO DLLs are not enabled by default. The preferred method for enabling them is to go to the Control Panel | Add/Remove Programs, highlight your PHP installation and click "Change" (Change/Remove - XP). Specify "FastCGI", then modify the installed extensions to include these two, then restart your server.